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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2019
Fette Compacting Gmbh, Schwarzenbek, DE;
Sven Kolbe, Buechen, DE;
Stefan Mallon, Kollow, DE;
Friedrich Meissner, Schwarzenbek, DE;
Jan Naeve, Kehrsen, DE;
Stefan Luedemann, Hamburg, DE;
Fette Compacting GmbH, Schwarzenbek, DE;
Abstract
A tablet discharge gate for a tablet press comprises a tablet channel having an inlet and an outlet and comprising one of a tube shape and a trough shape, a first outlet channel, and a second outlet channel. A gate chamber is positioned between the outlet of the tablet channel and the first and second outlet channels. A drive apparatus is configured to move the tablet discharge gate between a first position in which tablets are supplied from the tablet channel to the gate chamber and into the first outlet channel of the gate, and a second position in which tablets are supplied to the tablet discharge gate chamber and into the second outlet channel.